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Weeknight Chicken Curry over rice, with garnishes of bananas, raisins, and slivered dried coconut.
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September 5, 2024

Weeknight Chicken Curry

If you are looking for a family-friendly meal with unique flavors, try this Weeknight Chicken Curry.  With a few simple ingredients and a trip down the international foods aisle at the grocery store, you can create this delicious dish that is a favorite in my house.  I adapted this recipe from one our stepdad has made for years, and it is frequently requested for dinner. Weeknight Chicken Curry Ingredients For…
Ground Turkey Bolognese layered over spaghetti in a pasta bowl, garnished with freshly grated parmesan and a leaf of basil.
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August 22, 2024

Easy Ground Turkey Bolognese

Looking for a delicious & healthy Bolognese using ground turkey?   If you are a meat eater, you would probably agree that ground beef has more flavor than ground turkey.  However, the red wine and extra seasoning in this recipe bring this ground turkey Bolognese to life, making it super tasty.  I like to make this when the kids are yelling for pasta and I'm trying to be healthy! Turkey Bolognese…
2 Chicken Lettuce Wraps prepared side by side on a white square plate
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August 15, 2024

Chicken Lettuce Wraps

If you need an easy, weeknight dinner packed with veggies and flavor that kids love, try these Chicken Lettuce Wraps.  So many variations can make the dish easier in a time crunch and accommodate a variety of palates! Chicken Lettuce Wrap Ingredients One of the best parts about this recipe is that you can use your own favorite stir-fry-style veggies.  My favorite combination is using mushrooms, carrots, celery, and broccoli.…
A heap of crisphy quinoa on a plate
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June 13, 2024

Crispy Quinoa

If you are looking for a fun texture twist to quinoa, try crisping it up in the oven.  It is a simple extra step with just three ingredients to make this yummy, crispy quinoa.   Fun Facts about Quinoa:  Did you know quinoa is revered as one of the world's healthiest foods, according to Healthline.com.  Although it is technically a seed, quinoa is considered a whole grain, and it is…
Beef Taco Bowls prepared over cilantro lime rice and black beans, garnished with lime wedges, avocado slices, cilantro, and sauteed orange and yellow bell peppers.
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February 8, 2024

Beef Taco Bowl with Cilantro Lime Rice

This beef taco bowl with cilantro lime rice is a family favorite and an easy weeknight meal.  The seasoned beef and slightly tangy rice pack great, complementary flavors into one yummy dish. Beef Taco Bowl Ingredients To make this bowl, for the seasoned beef, you will need:  1 lb of ground beef, to your desired leanness, one half of a white or yellow onion, one diced tomato, one beef bouillon…
Beef and seasoning cooking in a pan
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January 27, 2024

Beef Taco Seasoning

This is a simple taco seasoning recipe, yet it adds so much flavor to ground beef, making it perfect for everyday tacos or taco bowls. Beef Taco Seasoning Ingredients Of course, it is much easier to buy prepackaged taco seasoning, which we have done many times. However, you actually likely have most of the ingredients for a great seasoning already.   In fact, this recipe evolved over times in which I…
Baked cheesy ham sliders
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January 27, 2024

Melty Ham & Swiss Sliders

This little Melty Ham & Swiss Sliders recipe takes the ham sandwich to the next level.  The sweetness of the Hawaiian roll combined with the savory flavors of the Swiss cheese, ham, and buttery seasoning mixture make this a crowd pleaser for any party.  The butter seasoning element of these crisps up the edges of the rolls and makes them even more delicious. Do you ever feel like when you…
Baked cookies with colorful sprinkles
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December 13, 2023

Holiday Butter Cookies for Cookie Press

These holiday butter cookies are a staple from our childhood Christmas season.  This recipe yields small festive cookies with rich buttery flavor and hint of almond. Specifically written for use with a cookie press, this recipe allows you to experiment with a variety of designs fit for many occasions.  We love them for Christmastime. Holiday Butter Cookie Ingredients For these cookies, all you will need butter, sugar, one egg, flour,…
baked finnish bread on a baking pan, garnished with slivered almonds
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December 9, 2023

Finnish Bread

This is a delightfully rich and sweet Finnish style bread, and is a holiday staple from our childhood.  Our mom would make this bread for friends, neighbors, and our teachers as Christmas gifts, and of course she would always make some for us to enjoy over the holiday season.  We always enjoyed warmed up, with butter, for breakfast. Finnish Bread Ingredients For this delicious Finnish bread recipe, you will need 2…
Cinnamon & Raisin Pinwheel baked with glaze drizzled over the top, garnished with strawberries
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December 7, 2023

Cinnamon Raisin Pinwheel

This raisin cinnamon pinwheel is a baked delight that we have enjoyed at the holidays for many years.   We think it is best served  sliced, warm, and with a spread of butter.   Cinnamon Raisin Pinwheel Ingredients This recipe results in two cinnamon raisin pinwheels.  For the making the dough, you will need yeast, water, scalded milk, sugar, butter, flour, 2 eggs, and salt.  A special note on yeast, make…